EUMETSAT’s new generation satellite products are providing a large amount of new, valuable satellite data for operational users in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Now Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) products are being operational, it is important to make these products available for forecasters.
To facilitate this, the Direction General de la Meteorologie (DGM) in Morocco hosted a training course in Casablanca for meteorological trainers from five Centres of Excellence (CoE). By achieving skills in using the new generation satellite data for training meteorologists in Africa and in the Middle East, these trainers can also help the wide forecaster community to apply the new data in their daily work.
The trainers came from four African CoEs (Morocco, Niger, Kenya, South Africa) and from CoE Oman, reinforced with participants from other institutions from the region. The participants learned how to search for and download relevant satellite products from the EUMETSAT Catalogue, gaining practical experience in creating and displaying satellite imagery for specific regions of interest. This imagery was then used for various purposes, such as for creating case studies, simulations, and other training materials. The participants applied these skills to real-world scenarios, and produced tailored visual materials.
This training event coincided with the launch of the new MTG satellite, MTG-S1. This new sounding satellite will provide even more exciting data for the meteorological users, offering soundings of atmospheric temperature and humidity for the first time from geostationary orbit.
